Nintendo reveals Switch Online subscription plans with cloud save backups

For months, Nintendo has been stoking people’s expectations for their upcoming paid online service [VIDEO] for the Nintendo Switch.

The long-awaited online service for the Nintendo Switch is finally arriving this September, and the company released the price and details regarding the forthcoming service’s offerings late Monday.

It’s A Meme, Mario! The Nintendo Switch Online app will give you allow you to have voice chat with friends and will also give bonus features to select games such as showing your online stats on Splatoon 2.

The last remaining 10 launch titles will be announced later.

Those with a penchant for online play will be able to choose between a one-month, three-month, or yearly membership plan costing $3.99, $7.99, and $19.99 respectively. The online competitive play is there, but in the Legend of Zelda, for example, you can share your screen and have a friend take turns or help you out to play.

In addition to that, the online service will also launch with 20 classic NES games. So if you want to backup your Nintendo Switch account, you need the Nintendo Switch Online service subscription.

Nintendo Switch Online app: Enhance your online experience for compatible games with this smartphone app.

You’re right to wonder what NES – Nintendo Switch Online means for Virtual Console, and it looks like the Switch definitely isn’t getting it, at least not in the foreseeable future. Originally intending to launch back in 2017, Nintendo hasn’t said much on its plans after officially revealing Nintendo Switch Online earlier this year. But before that happens, Nintendo is giving Switch owners an idea what they will be signing up for when they pay for a subscription. So you’ll be able to play classic NES titles with two-player online multiplayer support on your Nintendo Switch, either in mobile mode or TV mode. Online multiplayer games will require a subscription to the service to allow co-op or competitive play.

Nintendo’s Switch is the most innovative and addicting gaming console to ever be introduced. Individual memberships are available in 1-, 3-, and 12-month increments, while all family memberships are for 12 months. There is also a Family membership, but you only have the 12 month option, for $34.99.